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“Blurred Lines” is number one for the third consecutive week in the French singles chart for Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell in its 12th week in the top 10 (16,825 sales / -12%). “Get Lucky” stays at two for Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams (11,928 sales / -17%), the song has sold 236,298 downloads in its ten weeks inside the ten best-sellers.

In its second week in the top 10, “Papaoutai” climbs three places at three for Stromae (8,000 sales / +38%), will it be his second chart-topper after “Alors On Danse” which spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the top from March to May 2010 ? Stay tuned. Maître Gims slips one at number four with “Bella” in his seventh week inside the top 10 (7,900 sales / +2%). It’s also down one place at five for Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican & FS Green with “Watch Out For This (Bumaye)” in their sixth week inside the ten best-sellers (7,100 sales / -7%).

James Arthur gets his peak position this week as “Impossible” moves up four at number six in his third week in the top 10 (6,300 sales / +21%). There is no change at seven for Passenger‘s “Let Her Go” in its fourth week inside the top 10 (5,200 sales / -9%). “Can’t Hold Us” stays at number eight for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton in its 15th week inside the ten best-sellers.

Maître Gims‘ former number one, “J’Me Tire” doesn’t move at nine in its 15th week in the top 10. In its third week inside the top 10, “Formidable” falls five places at ten for Stromae (4,600 sales / -22%).

The highest new entry of the week is for Booba at number eleven with “Turfu” (4,100 sales), the song is his third top 20 hit in 2013 after “A.C. Milan” (number seven in February) and “T.L.T” (number 16 in February). In its ninth week on the chart, “I Need Your Love” moves up 15 places at 18 for Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding (3,200 sales), it’s the first top 20 hit for Ellie Goulding, and Calvin Harris‘ fourth. “We Found Love” (as a featured artist with Rihanna) was at the top of the singles chart for five non-consecutive weeks in October and November 2011.

Lynnsha, Louisy Joseph and Fanny J climb five at number 20 with “Maldon (Tropical Family)” in their fourth week in the top 200 (3,000 sales / +26%). “I Love It” keeps moving up the chart, this week it’s up one place at 22 for Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX in its ninth week on the chart.

“A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” is up four at number 30 for Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock in its sixth week inside the top 200. Joyce Jonathan gets her first top 40 hit as “Ca Ira” moves up 14 places at 31 in her tenth week on the chart.

Avicii is new at number 38 with “Wake Me Up !” which is his fourth top 40 hit, “Levels” peaked at 14 in January 2012. Florent Pagny enters at 51 with “Les Murs Porteurs” (1,200 sales), he reached the top with three songs, “N’Importe Quoi” (for eight weeks in May and June 1988), “Savoir Aimer” (for nine weeks from October to December 1997), and “Ma Liberté De Penser” (for six weeks in April and May 2003). “Ooh La La” debuts at a lowly number 73 for Britney Spears (800 sales).

Christophe Maé spends a second consecutive week at the top of the French albums chart with Je Veux Du Bonheur (31,776 sales / -69%), the album has sold 135,456 copies so far. There is also no change at two for Daft Punk with Random Access Memories (21,020 sales / -43%) which has sold 338,105 copies in its five weeks in the top 10.

In its fifth week inside the ten best-sellers, Subliminal is back up one place at three for Maître Gims (12,901 sales / -32%). Around 147,500 copies of Subliminal have been sold so far. Zaz climbs one at number four with Recto Verso (10,251 sales / -34%), the album has sold around 139,800 copies in its seven weeks on the chart.

Une Histoire De France falls two places at five for Les Stentors in its fifth week in the top 10 (9,470 sales / -63%), around 93,000 copies of the album have been sold so far. Jenifer moves back up one at number six with Ma Déclaration (7,840 sales / -36%) which has sold 47,491 copies in its three weeks inside the ten best-sellers.

On Stage slips one place at seven for Johnny Hallyday in its third week in the top 10 (7,005 sales / -55%), the album has sold 46,101 copies so far. Emmanuel Moire moves back up six at number eight with Le Chemin in his sixth week inside the top ten (6,100 sales).

There is no move at nine for the compilation NRJ Hit List 2013in its third week inside the ten best-sellers. Bruno Mars stays at number ten to spend a 20th week in the top 10 with Unorthodox Jukebox (5,500 sales / -33%).

One album drops out of the top 10 this week. In its second week on the chart, Johnny Hallyday‘s 70ème Anniversaire falls three at number eleven.

Kanye West gets his third top 20 album in France as Yeezus is new at twelve with 4,351 sales. Graduation peaked at number nine in September 2007, and his collaboration with Jay-Z on the album Watch The Throne reached number ten in August 2011.

The compilation 40 Hits 2013 debuts at 14. After their concert at the Stade De France, Muse are up 14 places at 16 with The 2nd Law in their 38th week on the chart, the album was at the top of the albums chart for three consecutive weeks in October.

Sigur Ros are new at number 18 with Kveikur, it’s their highest charting album, () peaked at 19 in November 2002. The compilation Eté 2013 is up a massive 193 places at number 22 in its second week in the top 250.

In their 23rd week on the chart, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis climb six places at 26 with The Heist which reached number 19 in March. The musical Robin Des Bois is back up ten at number 27 in its 13th week in the top 250.

13 falls 14 places at number 29 for Black Sabbath in its second week on the chart. Tal moves up twenty at 35 with Le Droit De Rêver in her 66th week inside the top 250, the album was number four in February.

The soundtrack of Man Of Steel by Hans Zimmer climbs a massive 121 places at 47 in its second week on the chart (1,400 sales). J. Cole only enters at number 189 with Born Sinner. Mac Miller is new at 197 with Watching Movies With The Sound Off, his Blue Slide Park peaked at number 175 in June 2012. In A Perfect World is new at number 215 for Kodaline.

It’s a second consecutive week at the top of the French singles chart for Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell with “Blurred Lines” in their 11th week in the top 10 (19,114 sales / -7%). There is no change at two for Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams with “Get Lucky” in their ninth week inside the ten best-sellers (14,389 sales / -16%), the song has sold 224,370 downloads so far.

There is no change at three for Maître Gims with “Bella” in his sixth week in the top 10 (7,723 sales / -12%). “Watch Out For This (Bumaye)” stays at number four for Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican & FS Green in its fifth week inside the top 10 (7,641 sales / +8%).

We have a static top five this week as Stromae is a non-mover at five with “Formidable” in his second week inside the ten best-sellers (5,892 sales / -14%). It’s a very good week for Stromae, indeed he has a second song in the top 10, his “Papaoutai” climbs nine places at six in its fifth week on the chart (5,793 sales / +66%).

Passenger‘s “Let Her Go” gets its highest charting position, it’s up two at number seven in its third week in the top 10 (5,699 sales / +16%). In its 14th week inside the ten best-sellers, “Can’t Hold Us” slips one place at eight for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton (5,674 sales / -0.5%).

Maître Gims is down one at number nine with “J’Me Tire” in his 14th week inside the top 10 (5,419 sales / -3%). James Arthur stays at ten with “Impossible” in his second week in the top 10 (5,199 sales / +15%).

One song drops out of the top 10 this week. After nine weeks inside the ten best-sellers, Alex Hepburn falls six places at twelve with “Under” which peaked at number two in April (4,687 sales / -24%).

Christophe Maé was close to get his fifth top 10 hit as “Tombé Sous Le Charme” is up a massive 23 places at eleven in its 13th week on the chart (4,831 sales). He reached the top of the singles chart with “On S’Attache” (for one week in May 2007), and “Dingue, Dingue, Dingue” (for three weeks in January and February 2010).

In its seventh week in the top 200, “Pedida Perfeita (Tararatata)” is up one at number 18 for Flavel & Neto featuring Anna Torres. Emmanuel Moire moves back up three places at 19 with “Beau Malheur” in his 12th week on the chart, the song reached number eleven in May.

It’s a good week for Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX, their “I Love It” climbs eight places at 23 in its eighth week on the chart (2,446 sales). “Maldon (Tropical Family)” moves up two at number 25 for Lynnsha, Louisy Joseph & Fanny J in its third week inside the top 200 (2,383 sales / +4%).

In its eighth week on the chart, “Alive” climbs a massive 96 places at 32 for Empire Of The Sun, the song is their first top 40 hit (2,010 sales). “I Need Your Love” is up 13 at number 33 for Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding in its eighth week in the top 200, it’s the fourth top 40 hit for Calvin Harris, and Ellie Goulding‘s second. “Lights” peaked at number 29 in October 2012.

I wrote my first article on 16th June 2012, so my blog is now one year old. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my readers, the faithful and the unfaithful, it’s incredible to see that people from all parts of the world can be interested in the French charts. I’m always touched by your nice comments. So thank you all.

Christophe Maé gets his fifth number one album (out of five releases) as Je Veux Du Bonheur debuts at the top of the chart with 103,680 sales. His last studio album On Trace La Route also entered at number one in the week ending 28th March 2010 with 128,714 CDs sold. So Christophe Maé‘s number one albums were Mon Paradis (for two weeks in December 2007), a live album called Comme A La Maison (for two weeks in October and November 2008), On Trace La Route (for three weeks in March and April 2010), and another live album named On Trace La Route – Le Live (for one week in October 2011).

After three consecutive weeks at the top, Daft Punk‘s Random Access Memories is down to number two (36,994 sales / +4%), the album has sold 317,085 copies in its four weeks on the chart. It’s a very good week for Les Stentors, their Une Histoire De France is back up two places at three in its fourth week in the top 10 (25,896 sales / +89%), around 83,500 copies of the album have been sold so far.

There is no change at four for Maître Gims with Subliminal (19,063 sales / -13%) which has sold around 134,600 copies in its four weeks inside the ten best-sellers. In its fifth week in the top 10, Recto Verso moves back up one at number five for Zaz (15,611 sales / +29%), it has sold around 129,600 copies so far.

Johnny Hallyday‘s On Stage is down three places at six (15,420 sales / -35%), 39,096 copies of the live album have been sold in its two weeks on the chart. Jenifer falls five at number seven with Ma Déclaration in her second week in the top 10 (12,338 sales / -55%), but it’s not that bad as her two last albums (Appelle-Moi Jen and L’Amour & Moi) only spent one week inside the ten best-sellers. Ma Déclaration has sold 39,651 copies so far.

As he celebrated his 70th birthday on Saturday with a concert at Paris-Bercy which was broadcasted on French TV channel TF1, Johnny Hallyday is new at eight with a four CD compilation called 70ème Anniversaire (9,645 sales). In its second week in the top 10, the compilation NRJ Hit List 2013 slips two at number nine (8,520 sales / +9%). Unorthodox Jukebox stays at ten for Bruno Mars in its 19th week inside the ten best-sellers (8,209 sales / +21%).

Two albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After four weeks in the top 10, Vanessa Paradis is down two places at eleven with Love Songs (6,492 sales / -7%), her last studio album Divinidylle spent twenty weeks inside the ten best-sellers from September 2007 to March 2008. …Like Clockwork is down a massive 19 places at number 27 for Queens Of The Stone Age in its second week on the chart.

In their 12th week in the top 250, Vigon Bamy Jay climb eleven at number twelve with Les Soul Men (6,464 sales / +149%). Niro gets his first top 20 album as Rééducation debuts at 13 (6,413 sales), he reached number 53 with Paraplégique in June 2012. 13 is new at number 15 for Black Sabbath (5,941 sales), Reunion was their last charting album, it peaked at 65 in October 1998.

Joyce Jonathan gets her second top 30 album as Caractère enters at 23 with 3,718 sales. Her debut album Sur Mes Gardes was number 17 in October 2010. More Light is new at number 66 for Primal Scream, it’s their highest charting album in France, Riot City Blues peaked at 74 in June 2006.

Beady Eye debut at a disappointing number 101 with BE, their Different Gear, Still Speeding peaked at 32 in March 2011. But it’s even worse for KT Tunstall, her Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon only enters at number 240, she reached number seven in August 2005 with Eye To The Telescope.

I wrote my first article on 16th June 2012, so my blog is now one year old. Thanks for all your messages, comments and questions, it’s very important for me. It’s incredible for me that people from all parts of the world can be interested in the French charts, so thank you all.

It’s a third consecutive week at the top of the French albums chart for Daft Punk‘s Random Access Memories (35,469 sales / -29%), the album has sold 280,091 copies so far.

There is much controversy in France at the moment about this week’s highest new entry. First, the facts : Jenifer debuts at two with her album of France Gall‘s most famous songs called Ma Déclaration with 27,313 sales. Jenifer‘s last album L’Amour & Moi opened and peaked at number three with 18,255 copies sold. Then, the controversy : France Gall didn’t like the fact that Jenifer has not informed her about that album, and Jenifer pretended she had France Gall‘s agreement. Anyway Ma Déclaration is Jenifer‘s fourth top two album, after Jenifer (number two in March and April 2002), Le Passage (number two in May 2004), and Lunatique (number one for one week in November 2007). France Gall‘s own best-of Evidemment is up a massive 88 places at number 41 (1,900 sales).

Johnny Hallyday‘s new live album On Stage is new at three with 23,676 sales. It’s rather disappointing as his last live LP Tour 66 : Stade De France 2009 was at the top for two weeks and opened with around 48,000 CDs sold.

In his third week in the top 10, Maître Gims slips two places at four with Subliminal (22,000 sales / -19%). It’s down two at number five for Les Stentors with Une Histoire De France in their third week inside the ten best-sellers (13,700 sales / -21%).

Recto Verso moves down two places at six for Zaz in its fourth week in the top 10 (12,108 sales / -30%), the album has sold around 113,900 copies so far. In its second week on the chart, the compilation NRJ Hit List 2013 is up a massive 149 places at number seven (7,800 sales).

Queens Of The Stone Age get their second top 10 album as …Like Clockwork enters at eight (7,200 sales), Lullabies To Paralyze peaked at number ten in March 2005, their last album Era Vulgaris was at 22 in June 2007. Vanessa Paradis falls four at number nine with Love Songs (6,980 sales / -36%), the album has sold 94,724 copies in its four weeks in the top 10. Bruno Mars is back up one place at ten with Unorthodox Jukebox which spends its 18th week in the top 10 (6,767 sales / +31%).

Five albums drop out of the top 10 this week. A former number one, Emmanuel Moire‘s Le Chemin falls six at number 13 after five weeks inside the ten best-sellers. In its third week on the chart, the compilation NRJ By Cauet moves down five places at 14. The album Thérèse / Vivre D’Amour is also down five at number 15, it reached number two and spent six weeks in the top 10. Quelques Mots D’Amour falls ten places at 16 for Frank Michael in its seventh week on the chart. After two weeks inside the top 10, The Conversation is down nine at number 17 for Texas.

The French rapper Lacrim gets his highest charting album with Né Pour Mourir which is new at number 12, Faites Entrer Lacrim peaked at 16 in May 2012. In their 11th week in the top 250, Vigon Bamy Jay move back up 17 places at 23 with Les Soul Men (2,600 sales), the album reached number seven in April.

Megadeth enters at 43 with Super Collider, it’s a bit better than the band’s last album Th1rt3en which was number 49 in November 2011. All The Little Lights climbs a massive 86 places at 46 for Passenger in its seventh week on the chart.

Equipe De Nuit debuts at number 47 for L’Institut. Miles Kane enters at 55 with Don’t Forget Who You Are, his Colour Of The Trap peaked at number 38 in May 2011.

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here is new at 67 for Alice In Chains, it’s lower than Black Gives Way To Blue which was number 46 in October 2009. This week’s number one album in the U.K., Disclosure debuts at 89 with Settle. Sing To The Moon is also new at number 93 for Laura Mvula.

Thanks to Robin Thicke‘s intense promo on French TV and radio stations, “Blurred Lines” (featuring T.I. and Pharrell) has finally taken the top spot after five non-consecutive weeks at number two in its 10th week in the top 10 (20,555 sales / +61%). “Blurred Lines” is the first chart-topper for Robin Thicke and T.I., and Pharrell‘s second.

After seven consecutive weeks at number one, “Get Lucky” is down to two for Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams in its eighth week inside the ten best-sellers (17,076 sales / -12%). “Get Lucky” has sold 209,981 downloads so far.

There is no move at three for Maître Gims with “Bella” in his fifth week in the top 10 (8,800 sales / -1%). “Watch Out For This (Bumaye)” is up two places at number four for Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican & FS Green in its fourth week inside the top 10 (7,100 sales / +16%).

This week’s highest new entry is for Stromae at number five with “Formidable” (6,816 sales), the song is his second top five hit after “Alors On Danse” which spent ten non-consecutive weeks at the top from March to May 2010. It’s a very good week for Stromae as his “Papaoutai” climbs ten at number 15 in its fourth week on the chart (3,500 sales / +56%).

“Under” moves up one place at six for Alex Hepburn in its ninth week inside the ten best-sellers (6,200 sales / +5%). “Can’t Hold Us” slips two at seven for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton in its 13th week in the top 10 (5,700 sales / -8%). Maître Gims falls four places at eight with “J’Me Tire” in his 13th week inside the top 10 (5,600 sales / -18%), but his “One Shot” (featuring Dry) moves up eight at number 16 in its third week on the chart (3,200 sales).

In its second week in the top 10, “Let Her Go” slips one at number nine for Passenger (4,900 sales / -6%). The 2012 winner of the U.K. version of the X Factor, James Arthur has a top 10 hit in France as “Impossible” is up one place at ten in its 19th week inside the top 200 (4,529 sales / -3%). The 2006 winner, Leona Lewis is the only other candidate from the U.K. version with a top 10 hit in France, her “Bleeding Love” was at the top during the week ending 22nd March 2008 with 6,154 CDs sold.

Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. After just one week inside the ten best-sellers, Wiz Khalifa & 2 Chainz are down three places at twelve with “We Own It (Fast & Furious)”. Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros fall a massive 22 places at number 32 with “Home”, the song peaked at seven two weeks ago.

Bruno Mars is this week’s big climber, his “Treasure” moves up 33 at number 13 in its eighth week on the chart (3,684 sales / +165%). “Pedida Perfeita (Tararatata)” is up seven places at 19 for Flavel & Neto featuring Anna Torres in its sixth week inside the top 200.

In their second week on the chart, Lynnsha, Louisy Joseph & Fanny J climb nine at number 27 with “Maldon (Tropical Family)” (2,300 sales / +44%). It’s a good week for Rohff, his “Dounia” is up 14 places at 29 in its second week in the top 200 (2,200 sales). “I Love It” gets its highest charting position as it moves up seven at number 31 for Icona Pop featuring Charli XCX in its seventh week on the chart.

“I Need Your Love” is up a massive 36 at number 46 for Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding in its seventh week in the top 200. Miley Cyrus is new at 54 with “We Can’t Stop” (1,200 sales), she had a top 10 hit in France with “Party In The U.S.A.” which reached number six in January 2010.

It’s a seventh consecutive week at the top of the French singles chart for Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams with “Get Lucky” (19,360 sales / -26%), the song has sold 192,905 downloads so far. “Blurred Lines” spends a fifth non-consecutive week at number two for Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell in its ninth week in the top 10 (12,772 sales / +9%).

Maître Gims has still two songs inside the top five as “Bella” stays at three in its fourth week in the top 10 (8,900 sales / -14%), and his former number one “J’Me Tire” is a non-mover at four in its 12th week in the ten best-sellers (6,800 sales / -11%). There is no change at number five for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Ray Dalton with “Can’t Hold Us” in their 12th week in the top 10 (6,200 sales / -9%).

We have a static top six as “Watch Out For This (Bumaye)” is still at number six for Major Lazer featuring Busy Signal, The Flexican & FS Green in its third week inside the top 10 (6,100 sales / +7%). Alex Hepburn is back up two places at seven with “Under” which spends its eighth week in the top 10 (5,900 sales / +31%). It’s a first top 10 hit for Passenger as “Let Her Go” moves up three at number eight in its 11th week on the chart (5,200 sales).

In its second week in the top 200, “We Own It (Fast & Furious)” climbs twelve places at nine for 2 Chainz & Wiz Khalifa (4,900 sales). The song is the first top 10 hit for 2 Chainz and Wiz Khalifa‘s third, after “Young, Wild & Free” (with Snoop Dogg and featuring Bruno Mars, number six in January 2012) and “Payphone” (as a featured artist with Maroon 5, number eight in August 2012). In their second week in the top 10, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros fall three places at ten with “Home”.

Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. “Just Give Me A Reason” moves down four places at twelve for P!nk featuring Nate Ruess (4,600 sales / -4%), the song spent nine weeks inside the ten best-sellers and was number four for three consecutive weeks in March and April. After seven weeks in the top 10, “Play Hard” is down three places at 13 for David Guetta featuring Ne-Yo & Akon, it peaked at number seven.

James Arthur is very close to the top 10 as his “Impossible” climbs six at eleven in its 18th week on the chart (4,687 sales / +46%). In its 79th (!) week inside the top 200, “I Follow Rivers” is up 12 places at 15 for Lykke Li (2,900 sales). We can explain that by the fact you can download the song for €0.69 on iTunes. “I Follow Rivers” peaked at number four in March and April 2012.

In its 10th week inside the top 200, “Beau Malheur” is back up six places at 16 for Emmanuel Moire (2,900 sales / +5%), it reached number eleven four weeks ago. In his second week on the chart, Maître Gims (featuring Dry) climbs 17 at number 24 with “One Shot”. Stromae gets his second top 30 hit as “Papaoutai” is up a massive 37 places at 25 in his third week in the top 200 (2,246 sales / +111%), “Alors On Danse” was at the top of the singles chart for ten non-consecutive weeks from March to May 2010.

It’s up eight at number 26 for Flavel & Neto featuring Anna Torres with “Pedida Perfeita (Tararatata)” in their fifth week on the chart. “This Is Nightlife” moves back up nine places at 29 for ItaloBrothers in its eighth week inside the top 200, the song peaked at 24 three weeks ago.

At number two two weeks ago, Sébastien Patrick falls 18 places at 32 with “Quand Il Pète Il Troue Son Slip” (1,700 sales / -55%). In its third week on the chart, “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got)” is up 16 at number 34 for Fergie, Q-Tip & GoonRock.

The highest new entry of the week is for Lynnsha, Louisy Joseph and Fanny J at number 36 with “Maldon (Tropical Family)” (1,600 sales). The original version of “Maldon” sung by Zouk Machine was number one for nine non-consecutive weeks from June to September 1990. “Dounia” debuts at number 43 for Rohff.